PersuasiveTextTHEBattleAGAINSTPestsbyLindaBennettPAIREDREADMakinganOrganicGardenSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularyadvancements,agriculture,characteristics,concerns,disagreed,inherit,prevalent,resistanceContentStandardsScienceLifeSciencePhotographyCredit:PhotobyScottBauer/USDA.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,494**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118909-0MHID:0-02-118909-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ControllingPests.............................2Chapter2AChemicalMiracle...........................5Chapter3ProtectingtheEnvironment...................8Chapter4SafeFoodfortheFuture.....................11RespondtoReading........................15MakinganOrganicGarden........16Glossary/Index..............................19FocusonScience..................20EssentialQuestionInwhatwayscanadvancesinsciencebehelpfulorharmful?byLindaBennettTHEBattleAGAINSTPestsLongago,peoplegatheredplantsandfruitstoeatforfood.Theywouldmovefromplacetoplacetofindfood.Around10,000yearsago,peoplediscoveredthattheycouldplantseedsandgrowtheirownplants.Theybegantogrowandharvestcropsforfood.Sincepeoplebegangrowingcrops,theyhavehadtofightagainstpests,includinginsects,weeds,anddiseases,thatattackedtheircrops.Somepeopleusedpoisonstokeeptheirplantsfreefrompests.InancientGreece,peoplesprayedtheirhomeswithsulfurtogetridofinsects.InChina,theyusedarsenictokeepgardenpestsaway.CHAPTER1ControllingPestsAncientEgyptiansgrewmany...
